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Old 2/3/08 | 07:07 AM
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How soon can you wax and/or polish a brand new car?
How soon can a brand new car be polished or waxed? Car was built mid-January. Thanks.
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Old 2/3/08 | 07:18 AM
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Factory paint jobs are baked on at the factory.
You can start right away.
A body shop repaint you sometimes need to wait weeks or months until the paint cures in the open air properly.
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Old 2/3/08 | 09:17 AM
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that is correct!!!!
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Old 2/3/08 | 01:15 PM
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A B S O L U T E L Y !!!!

and...........the sooner you get a protective coat, the better!
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Old 2/3/08 | 01:31 PM
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I waxed mine the day after I picked it up. Came off the truck and was at home within hours.
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Old 2/3/08 | 03:01 PM
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I told y'all's advice and gave her her first polish She looks nice and purty.
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Old 2/3/08 | 08:14 PM
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Old 2/3/08 | 09:09 PM
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Give it one as soon as you dont feel like driving it everywhere!
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Old 2/4/08 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob O
Okay here ya go -- I'm not a good picture taker...

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Old 2/4/08 | 02:04 PM
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Wow! Beautiful.
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Very nice, enjoy the car!!
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Old 2/4/08 | 02:26 PM
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Nice. So how about telling us which product you decided to use?
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Old 2/4/08 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by adrenalin
Nice. So how about telling us which product you decided to use?
I decided to try Ice Liquid Polish. It's the first time I've used it, so I'm still learning.
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Old 2/4/08 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 65205
Wow! Beautiful.
Originally Posted by theedge67
Very nice, enjoy the car!!

Thanks - I appreciate the compliments. I'm a novice at this kind of stuff. Hence, all the questions I've been asking lately.
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